sententiousness


sen·ten·tious

S0269600 (sĕn-tĕn′shəs)adj.1. Terse and energetic in expression; pithy.2. Full of or given to using aphorisms, especially in a pompously moralizing manner.
[Middle English, from Old French sententieux, from Latin sententiōsus, full of meaning, from sententia, opinion; see sentence.]
sen·ten′tious·ly adv.sen·ten′tious·ness n.
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